{"product_id":"mahabharata-inquiry-in-human-condition-idj815","title":"The Mahabharata An Inquiry in the Human Condition","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIDJ815\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book-author\/chaturvedi%20badrinath\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Chaturvedi Badrinath\"\u003eChaturvedi Badrinath\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book-publisher\/orient%20longman%20pvt%20ltd\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Orient Longman Pvt. 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Ltd.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2019\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e9788125032380\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e700\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e9.3\" X 6.2\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-weight\"\u003e1 kg\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAcknowledgement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e My studies in the \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book\/Hindu\/mahabharata\"\u003eMahabharata\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e began systematically in 1971 with the award of a Homi Bhabha Fellowship to me (1971-73), to write on \u003ca href=\"\/it\/article\/dharma-for-modern-man\"\u003edharma\u003c\/a\u003e as the key to understanding the history of the Western encounter with Indian civilisation. That encounter took place in the form of Western Christianity, Liberalism, Modern Science and Marxism, each of these forces trying to change India from its own perspective. My journeys in that history showed that each one of them had perceived the foundations of Indian civilisation wrongly. That led me to dharma, upon which those foundations were laid, and dharma led me to the Mahabharata, opening an entirely new universe of the knowledge of the self and of the other in relationship, individually and collectively. My journey changed from studying a history that was limited, anyway mostly negative in being a history of wrong understandings and misunderstandings, to studying the Mahabharata's inquiry into those universal questions of human existence that every human being asks practically at every turn of his or her life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e In writing this work I have come to owe a debt of gratitude to many.\u003cbr\u003e To Jyotirmaya Sharma, most of all. For his unwavering faith in my work on the Mahabharata; reading several chapters of it as they were being written and then the entire text; taking upon himself from the beginning, and that in mist of his own taxing upon himself from the beginning, and that in the midst of his own taxing work, the task of finding a publisher for a book of this size; and form mostly freeing me from the burden of anxieties that arise in the process of having a work of this kind published, taking that burden upon himself instead, and bearing it with patience and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e To each of those many institutes and universities, in India and in Europe, who during the last three decades invited me to speak on the various dimensions of dharma in modern contexts or on the Mahabharata as an inquiry in the human condition. Equally to those men and women, in Indian and in Eurpe, with who, at different times, at different places, in different circumstances, I have been having continuing conversations on the Mahabharata's contribution to the knowledge of man and the world. For it is through those conversations that my own understanding of the foundations of relationships, of the self with the self and of the self with the other, deepened. If I do not name those institutes and persons individually here, it is only because their list is long, virtually covering my history of the last three decades of seeking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e To \u003ca href=\"\/it\/article\/vishnu\"\u003eVishnu\u003c\/a\u003e Bhagwat, for his abiding faith in this work and its relevance to the India of today; for his continuing concern, even charming impatience, that it be published as early as possible and reach the people. To his wife Niloufer Bhagwat, for setting up, for the women of the diplomatic community in New Delhi, my talk on 'The Women of the Mahabharata' at the Navy House, on 11 March 1998, and for her graciousness to me always. The response of the women of different nationalities assembled at that talk was a Proof that the women of the Mahabharata are universally incarnate – as teachers of mankind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e To O.P. Jain; Abdul Rehman Antulay; to Harsh Sethi and to his wife, Vimala Ramachandran; and to Mahesh Buch; for their faith in the relevance of this work and for their support.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e To Seeta Badrinath, for her paying the entire expenses of having the \u003ca href=\"\/it\/book\/Hindu\/sanskrit\"\u003eSanskrit\u003c\/a\u003e shloka-s cited in this book typed into the manuscript.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e To Mohini Mullick, for preparing the first draft of the Index and Concordance, in itself considerable work. For its present form and contents, and for any errors (s) in them, the responsibility is mine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e To Punam Kumar, for reading the first eight chapter of the book and suggesting some editorial changes which were very helpful in removing errors and improving at places the text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e To Saradamani Devi, I owe a special debt of deep gratitude.\u003cbr\u003e There are two different Recensions of the Mahabharata, the Southern and the Northern, with different editions in each. In the Southern Recensions, the Kumbakonam edition is best known; in the Northern, the Gita Press Gorakhpur and the Pune editions. The difference between the two Recensions in not only in their size, the Southern omitting in some cases the material that exists in the Northern, and the Northern adding some material that does not exist in the Southern, but also in the numbering of chapters in each of the eighteen parva-s of the Mahabharata, which can vary quite erratically. A substantial part of the present book was written when I lived in Madras (now Chennai) and even though I had 'Gorakhpur' with me then, I had used 'Kumbakonam', all references to chapter and verse being to that edition. The remaining and the major part of it, was written during the last six years in Gurgaon where I lived; all references to chapter and verse now being to 'Gorakhpur', for I didn't have with me Kumbakonam'. To avoid what undoubtedly would have been maddening confusion, and to make the references uniform, I had to change from 'Kumbakonam' to 'Gorakhpur'. That journey turned out to be more painful and draining then I imagined it would be, especially because I could not find 'Kumbakonam' in any of the libraries of Delhi, not even in those where I had hoped I would. For that matter, even in Madras the Kumbakonam edition, out of print for decades, can be seen only in the library of the Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e It was during my maddening journey from 'Kumbakonam' to 'Gorakhpur' (via Gurgaon) that I was led to Saradamani Devi, a Sanskritist. On hearing my tale of woe, she brought out her eighteen volumes of the Mahabharata. They were not 'Kumbakonam' but yet another edition of the Southern recension, the one compiled by P.P.S. Sastri (1935) from the manuscripts at the Tanjore Palace Library (with his variations even in that!). It was clear they would be no help, for the numbering of chapter and verse in them varied from 'Kumbakonam' as much as it did from 'Kumbakonam' to 'Gorakhpur'. Noticing the look of desolation on my face, Saradamani Devi said, 'Even so, take them. They may be of some use to you in your work.' She told me that those books had belonged to her late mother, Ratnamayi Devi, also a Sanskritist. To one totally unknown to her, Saradamani Devi gave away what was to her a family treasure; for her mother would have turned the pages of that edition of the Mahabharata numerous times, leaving upon them the invisible traces of her land. Saradamani Devi's generosity to me could easily be a story from the Mahabharata itself – of spontaneous, selfless giving.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e To Lance Dane, I owe a debt of gratitude for his passionate support to this work from the moments he read it in manuscript; for his sage counsel as regards the aesthetics of its final production; and for joyfully offering for the cover his photograph of a rare painting depicting \u003ca href=\"\/it\/article\/ganesha\"\u003eGanesha\u003c\/a\u003e taking down Vyasa's dictated composition of the Mahabharata, most appropriate for this book, for it begins with the story of Vyasa and his divine stenographer, Ganesha.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e And, finally, to Hemlata Shankar of Orient Longman, I owe my profound thanks for the great care and enjoyment she has taken in the editing and production of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Should this work on the Mahabharata be of any value to anyone reading it, and help bring in his or her life the joy of relationships in truth and freedom, my debts of gratitude would have been repaid – in some measure of least.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the Jacket \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Chaturvedi Badrinath shows that the Mahabharata is the most systematic inquiry into the human condition. Its principal concern is the relationship of the self with the self and with the other. This book not only proves the universality of the themes explored in the Mahabharata, but also how this great epic provides us with a method to understand the human condition itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Badrinath shows that the concerns of the Mahabharata are the concerns of everyday life – of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003edharma, artha, kama and moksha. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIt is through this everyday-ness, with its complexities as much as with its simplicity, that the Mahabharata still rings true. This book dispels several false claims about what is today known as 'Hinduism' to show us how individual liberty and knowledge, freedom, equality, and the celebration of love, friendship and relationship are integral to the philosophy of the Mahabharata, because they are integral to human life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Using over 500 shlokas of the original text that he supports with his own lucid translations, Chaturvedi Badrinath's The Mahabharata is an invaluable contribution to our understand of this epic, not in the least, for the elegant scholarship and humanistic approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Chaturvedi Badrinath is a philosopher and was born in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian Administrative Service between 1957 and 1989 and spent thirty-one years serving in Tamil Nadu. Badrinath has been Homi Bhabha Fellow (1971-73) and Visiting Professor at Heidelberg University (1971), where he gave a series of seminars on dharma and its application to our times. Giving numerous lectures on Indian thought, he has also been an active participant in inter-religious and inter-civilisational dialogue at various for a across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e His other books include Dharma, India and the world Order: Twenty-one Essays (1993) introduction to the Kamasutra (1999); Finding jesus in Dharma; Christianity in India (2000); and Swami Vivekananda: the Living Vedanta (2006).\u003cbr\u003e Badrinath now lives near Pondicherry, India\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e The cover illustration reproduces an original miniature painting recovered in a small packet of fragment from Indore, Madhya Pradesh. It revealed Lord Ganesha, inscribing the Mahabharata as dictated by Sage Vyasa. The style of he crown and physical mannerisms signify inherent Maharashtrian influence. A few almost intact pages of text suggest a late 18th century Kalam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eBack of the Book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e For those generally familiar with the terrain but have now begun to want to get to grips with these concepts because of the sudden upsurge in our contemporary world to go back to 'ancient' truisms this book should be compulsory reading. For both, Chaturvedi Badrinath has provided an excellent introduction to set the stage for how he sees the Mahabharata's methodological avenues unfold the complex and varied conditions of human living.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Aloka Parasher-Sen, The Hindu\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e 18 Chapter about life and living, studied and analysed from several perspectives approaching problems and question through the classic questioning and storytelling method of enquiry. This would not work in another writer's hands, but with Chaturvedi Badrinath, you're on safe territory, since it's pretty obvious that he's spent a good part of his lifetime studying the epic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e First City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Chaturvedi Badrinath has made an eminently commendable effort to produce a compendium of mahavakyas-cum-tika that makes the Mahabharata usable for modern readers The selections and helpful commentary will be a useful starting point for those uninitiated in the text. This digest is by someone who clearly knows the text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Indian Express\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd width=\"15%\"\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"88%\"\u003e Acknowledgements\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e ix\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e A Note on the Diacritical Marks and Translations\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e xiii\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dramatis Personae of the Mahabharata\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e xv\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Eighteen Main Parva-s of the Mahabharata\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e xvii\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 1.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Introduction to the Mahabharata\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The subjects of the inquiry and their universality\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The method in the inquiry\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 10\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 2.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Food, Water and life\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 23\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Food and water in the \u003ca href=\"\/it\/book\/Hindu\/upanishads\"\u003eUpanishad\u003c\/a\u003e-s\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 24\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Food and water in the Mahabharata\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 30\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Giving and sharing not ritual 'acts'\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 35\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The always-full cooking pot\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 37\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e A portion for the unknown guest\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 39\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 3.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Spiritual and the Material in the Mahabharata\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 41\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Perceptions of the Self\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 57\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Radical shift in the Mahabharata\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 67\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Self, energy, and relationships\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 70\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 3.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharma – The Foundation of Life and Relationships\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 77\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The radical shift in the Mahabharata the universality of dharma\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 85\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharma and the question of relativism\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 90\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Another radical shift in the Mahabharata\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 95\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharma as relationship of the self with the self and with the other\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 101\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 5.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Ahimsa – Not – violence, the Foundation of Life\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 113\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Not-violence: The foundation of life of and relationships\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 115\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The opposite reality: 'Life lives upon life'\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 119\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The rationality of not-violence\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 123\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Justification of anger on being wronged\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 127\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The rationality of forgiveness and its limits\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 142\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The argument against enmity and war\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 148\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Violence in speech and words\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 154\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Violence to one's Self\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 161\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Freedom from fear: freedom from the violence of history\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 163\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 6.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e What is 'Death'? The Origin of Mrityu\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 169\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 7.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Question of Truth\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 181\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Truth and the problem of relativism\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 183\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Truth is relational\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 192\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 8.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Human Attributes – Neither Neglect, nor Idolatry\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 199\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Svartha and niti, self-interest and prudence\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 216\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 9.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Human Attributes – Sukha and Duhkha : Please and Pain\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 225\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 'Pleasure' and 'pain': experienced facts\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 227\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The reasons why there is more pain than pleasure\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 231\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 'Perhaps that is why you look pale and weak'? The psychosomatic link\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 239\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e From the same facts: three different paths to happiness\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 246\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e A radical shift in the 'because-therefore' reasoning\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 260\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Mahabharata's teachings of happiness\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 263\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 10.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Material Prosperity and Wealth, Artha\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 271\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Importance of wealth in the Mahabharata\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 273\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The other truth concerning wealth\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 280\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 11.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Sexual Energy and Relationship, Kama and Saha-dharma\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 295\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Conflicting attitudes towards woman\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 304\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Comparative pleasure of man and woman\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 312\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The question regarding the primacy of sexuality\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 313\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Sexuality and relationship in the Mahabharata\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 317\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Possession of the mind\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 327\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Kama subject to dharma\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 331\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 12.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Grihastha and grihini, the householder; Grihastha-ashrama, life-in-family\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 335\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Family as a stage in life\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 340\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e .\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The highest place for the householder and the family\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 347\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Obligation and duties, and 'the three debts'\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 350\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Not obligation and duties alone, also feelings\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 351\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The place of the wife in the life-in-family\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 354\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The place of the mother in the life-in-family\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 360\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Conversations between husband and wife as part of family life\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 365\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Life-in-family in the larger context of life\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 367\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 13.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Varna-dharma, Social Arrangements; Loka-samgraha, towards Social Wealth\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 369\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The origin of varna\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 372\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Varna – a function, not a person\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 375\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e By conduct, not by birth\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 375\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e By birth, not by conduct alone\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 379\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The humbling of arrogance\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 386\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Antagonism among social function: its psychology\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 394\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Harmony among social callings: the way to social wealth\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 410\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 14.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharma – The Foundation of Raja-Dharma, Law and Governance\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 417\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The purpose of governance, danda\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 422\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The main attribute of governance\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 428\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Self-discipline of the king\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 430\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Impartiality, truth, and trust in governance\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 435\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Trust as the foundation of republics\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 440\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Public wealth under the control of dharma\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 441\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Fear as the basis of the social order\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 444\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Reconciliation or force?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 448\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The law of abnormal times: apad-dharma\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 453\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e An argument against capital punishment\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 455\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The king crates historical conditions, not they him\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 458\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 15.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Sage Narada's Questions to King Yudhishthira\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 465\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Concerning Yudhishthira's relation with his self\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 466\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Concerning the principles of sound statecraft\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 468\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Concerning the principles of sound administration\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 470\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Questions concerning the security of the realm\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 474\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Above all, questions concerning the foundations of good governance\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 475\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 16.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Fate or Human Endeavour? The Questions of Causality\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 477\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Daiva, fate\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 479\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Purushartha: human endeavour\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 483\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Endeavour and providence together\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 487\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Kala, Time\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 491\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Svabhava, innate disposition\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 503\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Question of accountability in what happens\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 508\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Question of causality unresolved\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 523\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Beyond 'causality'\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 527\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 17.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e From Ritual Acts to Relationships\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 529\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e What is true shaucha, 'purity'?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 530\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e What is true tirthas, pilgrimage?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 534\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e What is true tyaga, 'renunciation'?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 539\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e What is sadachara, 'good conduct'? What is shishtachara, 'cultured conduct'?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 547\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Who is truly a pandita, 'wise'? Who is a fool?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 552\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Who is truly a santa, 'saint'?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 556\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Chapter 18.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Moksha – Liberation from the Human Condition\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 559\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The rationality of moksha\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 560\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The radical shift in the Mahabharata\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 567\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The attributes of a free person\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 570\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Moksha as freedom from\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 577\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The paths to moksha\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 580\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Moksha as freedom into\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 588\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Notes\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 593\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Index and Concordance\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 631\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815a.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815b.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815c.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815d.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815e.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815f.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815g.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815h.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815i.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815j.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815k.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815l.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815m.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2017\/idj815n.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Occultnthings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44623273525549,"sku":"IDJ815","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/2117\/products\/the_mahabharata_an_inquiry_in_the_human_condition_idj815.jpg?v=1677793899","url":"https:\/\/occultnthings.com\/it\/products\/mahabharata-inquiry-in-human-condition-idj815","provider":"Occult-N-Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}